Great machine, great support, troublesome assembly process

[astrn]

Hi all, first post on the forum.

We got our machine this week and finally had our first bend yesterday.
Machine looks solid and well packed. No shipping damage whatsoever.

However we had encountered some issues, especially with missing or wrong parts of backgauge assembly and issues with QC checks.

Here are some photos below.

We do also manufacture additive manufacturing equipment and as a feedback, I highly suggest to ship Titan T25 fully assembled. Backgauge assembly has either wrong or missing parts shipped. We also mistakenly broke the X-Axis leadscrew during assembly because of over torqued one of the nuts.

Also, we had issues with the software itself not starting up due to low quality SD card. As a first thing to do I highly recommend to switch over a good SD card either from Samsung or SanDisk. Once we re etched a new SD card machine works flawlessly.

Good thing is, support is responsive and already shipped replacement parts. Once we got the backgauge up and running, I will provide more feedback from here.

In addition to that, here are some additional suggestions.

There needs to be a proper shutdown procedure required due to how Linux operating system works. Shutting down the machine without shutting down the onboard computer first might cause SD card corruption issues. So there should be an button on the interface to shutdown the onboard computer first before killing the main power.

Second, there should be an option to change units from imperial to metric. We exclusively work in metric system and we are looking forward to see millimeter unit on user interface. I already had a chance to check the JAR firmware update file and underlaying code work seems to be done already. It probably needs the firmware implementation on atmel processors itself and UI implementation work.

Another suggestion would be instead of using screws to secure the punches in place, I recommend quick levers instead. Those screws are tend to strip during repeated usage. I am going to order the following levers below

Adjustable Levers GN 300.1

I will keep you posted if I encounter any issues with the machine.

[Sticks]

@astrn

There needs to be a proper shutdown procedure required due to how Linux operating system works. Shutting down the machine without shutting down the onboard computer first might cause SD card corruption issues. So there should be an button on the interface to shutdown the onboard computer first before killing the main power

@holla2040

He has figured this out along with some other stuff. Posted it here in the first bends thread

[ChelanJim]

Here is the summary sheet for the shut-down procedure (as described in Craig’s video):

Craig’s video (and others) of this and other things can be found here:

Titan 25: Instruction & demonstration videos

Here is some 1/8 T6061 and 3000 series aluminum bent in perfect 90°. The 6061 doesn’t like to be bent but I using scrapes right now. The 6061 didn’t crack but fractured a little. [20240706_101306] [20240706_101848] [July 6, 2024] I’m not much of a video producer sorry for the lack of quality. [20240706_101319] Here is the 1/4 cold roll @90° from Wednesday. [20240706_102649] [20240706_102657]

[astrn]

Thank you for pointing that out. However, I am already aware of that procedure and sadly, it is not more than a band-aid solution and it is not fool-proof.

You can also shutdown the system by swiping up with 5 fingers to up and minimize the bendcontrol to reveal the taskbar to shutdown.

What it is needed is to dedicated button shutdown the system.

[Knick]

@astrn

You can also shutdown the system by swiping up with 5 fingers to up and minimize the bendcontrol to reveal the taskbar to shutdown.

so out of the two which one is best?

[motorhedmike]

Use 5052 Aluminum for bent parts.

[astrn]

swiping method is much safer.